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To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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In science, if you don't do it, somebody else will. Whereas in art, if Beethoven didn't compose the 'Ninth Symphony,' no one else before or after is going to compose the 'Ninth Symphony' that he composed no one else is going to paint 'Starry Night' by van Gogh.
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If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.
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The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes let's explore so we can become more powerful.'
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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.
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There's an old saying in the space community: 'If God wanted us to be a spacefaring species, he would have given us a moon'.
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I bought it, I read it, and I heeded its advice. I remain unabducted.
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When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
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On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.
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